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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / February 2006mailmerge filename limits
Hi, Could it be that there are limitations about the table/filename which contains the mergefields ? for example 8 characters long without the fileextention regards christophe  Signature\|||/ (o o) ----ooO-(_)-Ooo------------- Fieldnames should ideally be ten characters or less with no spaces. Filename length depends on the operating system. What *exactly* are you have problems with? Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > regards > christophe When opening the doc It's says it can't find the table then I click the button to point again to that table. After choosing the proper table, again it says it can't find ?!? When I make the tablename smaller then it accept it. Ok, this is not a big deal, I solved it (not so easy to think/find that one...) but I was also looking for documentation about this limitations regards christophe Signature\|||/ (o o) ----ooO-(_)-Ooo------------- > Fieldnames should ideally be ten characters or less with no spaces. > Filename length depends on the operating system. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> regards >> christophe Just a guess, but... Assuming you are accessing a FoxPro data source (as you suggest in another thread) this limitation is probably imposed by the method Word uses to connect to the data. Word always used to connect to .dbf files using Jet (Access) . Jet uses "installable ISAMs (IISAMs) to connect to "foreign" data sources such as dBASE. The Jet IISAM is designed to connect to various versions of dBASE, up to version 5 (V) I think. My guess is that all those versions of dBASE are so old that they only allow the old DOS 8.3 filename format and that that is the source of this limitation. I assume that as FoxPro developed, this limitation was relaxed, but that the IISAM has not been updated to allow for the changes. For recent FoxPro files (whether .dbf or .dbc) you have to use the appropriate ODBC or OLEDB driver for FoxPro (these can be downloaded from the Microsoft web site). Peter Jamieson > When opening the doc > It's says it can't find the table [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >>> regards >>> christophe Thanks Peter, Does this mean that all users must download this OLEDB driver ? Or can it be included in a word document ? regards christophe Signature\|||/ (o o) ----ooO-(_)-Ooo------------- > Just a guess, but... > [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >>>> regards >>>> christophe > Does this mean that all users must download > this OLEDB driver ? Yes, if I am correct. Peter Jamieson > Thanks Peter, > [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] >>>>> regards >>>>> christophe
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